Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You    Billy Squier                    For a more “singable”

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Christmas is the time to say “I love you”        G--------------4--

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Share the joys and laughter and good cheer

B                       F                     F#              

Christmas is the time to say “I love you”

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And a feeling that’ll last all through the year     B--222---------------

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F#                   B                F#

On the corner carolers are singing

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There’s a touch of magic in the air

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From grownup to minor, noone could be finer

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Times are hard but noone seems to care          B--222-000------------

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F#                           B                      F#

Christmas Eve and all the world is watching

F#                      B                               Ab

Santa guides his reindeer through the dark

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But, from rooftop to chimney, from Harlem to Bimini

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They will find their way into your heart

 

F#                      B                    F#                 

Christmas is the time to say “I love you”

F#                          B                           Ab

Share the joys and laughter and good cheer

B                       F                     F#              

Christmas is the time to say “I love you”

B        Ab                 Db                          F#

And a feeling that’ll last all through the year

 

(inst. verse)

 

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Just outside the window snow is falling

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But here beside the fire we share the glow

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The moonlight and brandy, sweet talk and candy

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Sentiments that everyone should know          B--222-000------------

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Memories of the year that lays behind us

F#                    B                         Ab

Wishes for the year that’s yet to come

       B                F                  F#                    B   

And it stands to reason, that good friends in season

Ab                         Db                   F#

Make you feel that life has just begun.

 

F#                      B                    F#                

Christmas is the time to say “I love you”

F#                          B                           Ab

Share the joys and laughter and good cheer

B                       F                     F#              

Christmas is the time to say “I love you”

B        Ab                 Db                          F#

And a feeling that’ll last all through the year

 

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So when spirits grow lighter and hopes are shining brighter

Ab                            Db                       F#

Then you know that Christmastime is here!